Toy steamboat.



J. FLEMING & L L. NIMAN.

TOY` STEMBOAT. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1916.

v Patented July 11, 1911.

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JOHN FLEMING AND JOHN L. NIMAN, OF LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY sTEAMBoAT.

Specification of Lettersrlatent. Patented July 11, 1911.

Application filed September 14, 1910. Serial No. 582,006.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOI-IN FLEMING and JOHN L. NIMAN, citizens 0f Ilthe United States, residing at Lewistown, in the county of Mifliin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rloy Steamboats, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in toy steamboats, the object of the invention being to provide an extremely inexpensive construction of toy boat having an improved arrangement of boiler, steam impact wheel, and water wheels or propellers for driving the boat through the water.

A. rfurther object is to provide a steering rudder with improved means for locking the rudder at various angles so as to guide the boat either in a straight line or in the arc of a circle.

lJith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and ar? rangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a. view in longitudinal section illustrating our improvements. Fig. 2, is a view in cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a fragmentary plan view of the rear end of the boat. Fig. 4, is a plan view of the blank from which the rotary element of the steam impact-wheel and the water wheels are made, and Fig. 5, is a fragmentary detail view in vertical section illustrating the manner in which the deck is removably clamped in the hull.

1, represents the hull of the boat which is preferably made of wood provided with an asbestos lining, but may be made of metal or any suitable material. I

2 is the deck of the boat which is adapted to spring into a groove 3 in the hull to hold the deck in position, but permits its removal when desired.

As illustrated, the deck is provided with a representation of a smoke stack 4 and a superstructure 5, ybut various other representations may be provided on the deck in accordance with the style of boat the toy is intended to portray.

In the hull 1 a platform 6 is secured, and on this platform lugs 7 are secured supporting a cylindrical boiler 8 spacing the same from the platform so' as to provide room for the accommodation of lamps 9 below the boiler to heat the same. A wheel casing 10 is secured on the boiler and contains an impact wheel 11 which is secured upon the shaft 12 projecting through casing 10, and having crank arms 13 at its ends.

The boiler 8 is provided with a small steamV `16, at both sides of the hull, water wheels or propellers 18 are secured, and as the latter turn, they propel the boat through the water. The propellers 17 and the rotary element 11 are all alike in construction, with the exception that the wheel 11 is preferably larger than the water wheels 18, andY they kare each made from a blank such as shown in Fig. 4. This blank is stamped from sheet metal and is in the general shape of a cross, the projecting ends beingprovided with slits 19 extending from the edges to a point near the center, and these ends are then bent at right angles with the central portion of the blank forming the blades or vanos of the water wheels or rotary element, and the central portion is perforated as shown, for the reception of a shaft which is preferably soldered therein.

20, represents the rudder which is mounted `to swing at the stern oft-he hull and is provided with a forwardly projecting crank arm 21, having a pin 22 in its free end. This pin 22 is adapted to be positioned in any of a circular series of openings 23 in the deck, so` as to hold the rudder at any angle in accordance with the direction the ship is to be steered.

By making the deck 2 and the structure thereon readily removable from the hull, the lamps 9 can be easily placed in position or removed for filling, and can be lighted either before placing under the boiler lor afterward as desired.

24, represents a screw threaded water inlet in the boiler, normally closed by a plug- 25.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described Without departing from our invention, and hence We do not limit ourselves to the precise details set forth, but consider ourselves at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described ourinventiomwhat we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

l. In a toy boat, the combination With a hull, of a removable deck on the hull, a hollow super-structure on the deck communicating with the hull, a boiler mounted in the hull, a Wheel casing` on top of the boiler projecting` up into the super-structure, a pipe connected to said Wheel casing and projecting through the super-structure, a steam impact Wheel in said casing', said boiler havinga steam outlet in line with the blades of said impact Wheel, and propelling` means operated by said impact Wheel, substantially as described.

2. In a toy boat, the combination With a hull, of a removable deck on the hull, a. hollow super-structure on the deck communieating' with the hull, a boiler mounted in the hull, a Wheel casingV on top of the boiler projectingup into the super-structure, a pin connected to said Wheel casing and proj ecting through the super-structure, a. steam impact Wheel in said casing, said boiler having a steam outlet in line with the blades of said impact Wheel, a crank shaft projecting through the hull, water Wheels on the ends of said crank shaft, a crank shaft driven by said impact Wheel, and links connecting' the cran shafts, substantially as described.

3. In a toy boat, the combination With a hull, of a removable deck on the hull, a holloW super-structure on the deck communi- 40 eating; with a hull, a. boiler mounted in the hull, a Wheel casing on top of the boiler projecting,` up into the super-structure, a pipe connected to said Wheel casing and projecting through the super-structure, a steam impact Wheel in said casing, said boiler having a steam outlet 1n line with the blades of said impact Wheel, a crank shaft projecting` through the hull, Water Wheels on the ends of said crank shaft, a crank shaft driven by said impact Wheel, links connecting the crank shaft, and means for steering the boat, said means capable of xed adjustment, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We have signed our Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

